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USDCHF holds 0.82558 after a 13.8 pip Asia range

The 20-Year Bond Auction at 17:00 UTC is the next scheduled release for the dollar

USDCHF · Asia session · Published Oct 21, 2026, 12:05 AM

USDCHF last traded at 0.82558, inside an Asia session that has run 13.8 pips between 0.82452 and 0.82590. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.82632, 7.4 pips away, then the prior day high at 0.82700, 14.2 pips above. Below sit the session open at 0.82520, 3.8 pips lower, and the prior day low at 0.82224, 33.4 pips below.

New York closed at 0.82462 after a 40.8 pip range between 0.82224 and 0.82632, and the prior trading day ran 47.7 pips. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 54.7 pips, and the latest day sits at the 60th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Three releases of impact 2 or 3 fall in the next 24 hours, starting with the EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change at 14:30 UTC. The 20-Year Bond Auction follows at 17:00 UTC, and over 437 past releases of that family USDCHF moved 3.30 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.20 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 22078 contracts, a change of 1662 on the week, the 2nd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The headlines graded for USDCHF include the FXStreet note on Japan's inflation figures, published at 23:25 UTC and graded 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. USDCHF, Asia sessionOpen 0.82520, high 0.82590, low 0.82452, close 0.82558: a range of 13.8 pips over 181 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  2. USDCHF reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  3. USDCHF, New York sessionOpen 0.82378, high 0.82632, low 0.82224, close 0.82462: a range of 40.8 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDCHF, previous trading dayHigh 0.82700, low 0.82224, close 0.82462 on 2026-10-20, a range of 47.7 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  5. USDCHF daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 54.7 pips. The latest day sits at the 60th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. Economic calendar for USD and CHF3 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-22 00:05 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-20 00:00 UTC.
  7. USD EIA Crude Oil Stocks ChangeScheduled 2026-10-21 14:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast -4.804 M. Previous -8.557 M. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  8. USD 20-Year Bond AuctionScheduled 2026-10-21 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous 5.420%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  9. USDCHF reaction to auction_usdOver 437 past releases USDCHF moved 3.30 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.20 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  10. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 092741Large speculators are net short 22078 contracts, a change of 1662 on the week. That is the 2nd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  11. Japan’s inflation figures are next for a Yen stuck near 158.00FXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCHF by our headline classifier.

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